Jul
24
7:00 AM07:00

Days of '47 Sunrise Service

  • Salt Lake City Tabernacle on Temple Square (map)
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Please be seated by 6:50 a.m, no tickets are required.

ELDER EVAN A. SCHMUTZ OF THE SEVENTY - Elder Evan A. Schmutz was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 2, 2016. At the time of his call, he had been serving in the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy in the Utah South Area. From 2016 to 2020, Elder Schmutz served as a counselor and then President of the Philippines Area. From 2020 to 2023, Elder Schmutz served in the Utah Area Presidency. On August 1, 2023, he began serving as President of the North America Southwest Area. Elder Schmutz has served in many Church callings, including full-time missionary in the North Carolina Greensboro Mission, bishop, counselor in a stake presidency, and president of the Philippines Cebu Mission (2011–2014). Elder Schmutz received a bachelor of arts degree in English in 1979 and a juris doctorate in 1982, both from Brigham Young University. He began his professional career in 1982, working with several prominent law firms in Salt Lake City, Utah. Evan Antone Schmutz was born in St. George, Utah, on June 6, 1954. He married Cindy Lee Sims in 1978. Elder and Sister Schmutz are the parents of five children and 20 grandchildren

CONDUCTED BY THE SALT LAKE PIONEER CHAPTER - Jody Davis, Chapter President. The Salt Lake Pioneer Chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers is pleased to co-sponsor this annual Sunrise Service as a gift to the community. The chapter meets monthly at the Thomas S. Monson Center and hosts speakers that carry forward the mission of the Sons of Utah Pioneers. For membership information please contact Jody Davis, Chapter President, at jedavis2012@gmail.com

SALT LAKE VALLEY COMBINED INSTITUTE CHOIR - Trina Garlick, Choir Director

MORMON BATTALION ASSOCIATION FLAG CERMEONY - led by Greg Christofferson, President of the Mormon Battalion Association

DAYS OF 47 ROYALTY INTRODUCTION - Ellen Jeppson, President of the International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers

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